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TROPICAL STORM BRET ADVISORY NUMBER 20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT MON AUG 09 1993
.BRET BECOMES POORLY ORGANIZED AFTER CROSSING MOUNTAINS OF COLOMBIA.
THE GOVERNMENT OF COLOMBIA HAS ISSUED TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR
SAN ANDRES AND NEIGHBORING ISLANDS.
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF BRET WAS
ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.2 WEST OR ABOUT
95 MILES...150 KM...WEST OF BARRANQUILLA COLOMBIA.
BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 21 MPH...33 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...BRINGING THE DISORGANIZED
CIRCULATION OVER THE SOUTHWEST CARIBBEAN SEA.
A SHIP REPORT AND OBSERVATIONS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT
AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 45 MPH...
75 KM/HR. SOME STRENGTHENING COULD STILL OCCUR IF THE STORM
CIRCULATION REMAINS INTACT AS IT MOVES AWAY FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF
COLOMBIA.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES
...140 KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
ALTHOUGH BRET IS MOVING AWAY FROM SOUTH AMERICA...SOME ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINS ARE STILL OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF COLOMBIA. FLASH
FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT IN THE AREAS OF HEAVY
RAINS. THESE RAINS WILL BE TAPERING OFF DURING THE DAY.
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...10.8 N... 76.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD
...WEST NEAR 21 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY
ISSUANCE AT 11 AM EDT.
MAYFIELD